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Charlotte Motor Speedway
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Location: Concord, North Carolina
Year of first Cup event: 1960
Banking: Turns (24); Backstretch and Frontstretch (5)
Length/Track type: 1.5 miles, Paved
Cup events currently hosted: Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (held in May, non-points), Coca-Cola 600 (held in May) and Bank of America 500 (held in October)
Most frequent winner: Jimmie Johnson (8)
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Year of first Cup event: 1960
Banking: Turns (24); Backstretch and Frontstretch (5)
Length/Track type: 1.5 miles, Paved
Cup events currently hosted: Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (held in May, non-points), Coca-Cola 600 (held in May) and Bank of America 500 (held in October)
Most frequent winner: Jimmie Johnson (8)
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Kids aged 13 and younger are admitted FREE to all NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including the Camping World Truck Series’ North Carolina Education Lottery 200 on May 18 and the XFINITY Series’ Alsco 300 on May 26.
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Charlotte Motor Speedway is known for its illustrious history of fabulous firsts, including the first and only track to host a 600-mile event: the Coca-Cola 600, which since 1960 has remained NASCAR’s toughest test of man and machine.
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Austin Dillon captured his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory in last year’s Coca-Cola 600, when Dillon – the grandson of legendary NASCAR team owner Richard Childress – used expert fuel strategy to go the distance and drive into the history books.
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Charlotte Motor Speedway became the first superspeedway to host a night race in 1992, when the Monster Energy All-Star Race roared to life under the lights. Davey Allison beat Kyle Petty to the finish line in an unforgettable race still regarded as one of the most remarkable in NASCAR history.
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Four-time Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon won his first premier series race in the 1994 Coca-Cola 600.
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In addition to two points-paying Cup Series events, Charlotte Motor Speedway has annually hosted the Monster Energy All-Star Race since 1987.
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